From 8307d5d0d63f1d15d25f766267b8e904db360b69 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mreyescdl <skidly_2@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2025 11:09:46 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Evidence of duplicate acquires.  Try to eliminate

---
 src/main/java/org/cdlib/mrt/zk/QueueItem.java | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/main/java/org/cdlib/mrt/zk/QueueItem.java b/src/main/java/org/cdlib/mrt/zk/QueueItem.java
index 50ff62b..460049b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/cdlib/mrt/zk/QueueItem.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/cdlib/mrt/zk/QueueItem.java
@@ -280,8 +280,10 @@ public void setStatusTrigger(ZooKeeper client) throws MerrittZKNodeInvalid, Keep
   public boolean lock(ZooKeeper client) throws InterruptedException {
     String statpath = makePath(ZKKey.LOCK);
     try {
-      QueueItemHelper.createEphemeral(client, statpath, QueueItemHelper.empty);
-      return true;  
+      if (! QueueItemHelper.createEphemeral(client, statpath, QueueItemHelper.empty).isEmpty()) 
+      	return true;  
+      else 
+	return false;
     } catch(KeeperException e) {
       return false;
     }